South Korea vs Vietnam: GDP

South Korea
2,663.34 trillion current LCU
in 2025
Vietnam
12,847.60 trillion current LCU
in 2025
South Korea rank
4th
Vietnam rank
3rd

GDP over time

  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
05,000.0T10,000.0T15,000.0T196019922025

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 12,847.60 trillion current LCU against 2,663.34 trillion current LCU in South Korea, a difference of 10,184.26 trillion current LCU.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 4.8 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 4th and Vietnam ranks 3rd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.